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From: Brian Hansen - rawshooter@gmail.com
Date: April 5, 2008 11:46:34 PM
Subject: Lake Park Sparrows
I checked out Lake Park today and found a lot of Song Sparrows and at least 10 FOY Fox Sparrows.
They were around the feeders near the Rustic Foot Bridge and Locust Ravine.
I finally managed some decent photos of the Fox Sparrows after a year of trying.
The temp was ... 49 degrees in the park at 6pm with a brisk wind.
I wore shorts and a long sleeved tshirt thinking it was warmer and am still shivering.
I was hoping for some YB Sapsuckers but no luck. It is probably too cold for them . :)
Here are some shots if anyone is interested.
http://www.pbase.com/bhansen/lakepark_sparrow_08
Brian Hansen
Milwaukee - east side
====
From: Brian Hansen - rawshooter@gmail.com
Date: April 6, 2008 12:18:49 PM
Subject: 5 Woodpecker morning - Lake Park
I was in Lake Park at sunrise this morning hoping to maybe catch a . .
glimpse of a Yellow-rumped but instead it was Woodpeckers. . I
had 5 species total - Downy, Hairy, YB Sapsucker (FOY) and
Red-bellied all . near the rustic bridge and Locust Ravine. .
Then near the Walcott Statue I had 2 Northern Flickers. . I also
had Chipping, Fox (FOY) and Song Sparrows and my first Kestrel ever
in Lake Park. . It was sitting on the edge of of some trees near
the Bistro and took off toward the new Soccer field across Lincoln
Memorial Drive.
Brian Hansen
Milwaukee - east
side
======
Subject: Spring Migration at Lake
Park - Photos w/IDs included
From: "Brian Hansen"
<rawshooter AT gmail.com
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:02:37
-0500
The weather was perfect and the migrants were out in
force yesterday . at Lake Park. . Dave Freriks, a buddy of
ours from SoCal and I started at . sunrise and
covered every
main area of Lake Park and some not so main. . After . seeing
the radar at midnight I had high hopes and the birds did not
disappoint. ...
Highlights of the day were a first ever
for me in Lake Park male Purple Finch in full breeding colors, FOY
Eastern Towhees, Eastern Phoebes, . Winter
Wren, Hermit
Thrush, Brown Thrasher, White-throated Sparrows, Chipping Sparrows
and flyover DC Cormorants. . There were huge numbers of .
Yellow-rumps
and both Kinglets as well as YB Sapsuckers, Cowbirds,
Song Sparrows and Swamp Sparrows. . ... . Hermit Thrush is
the only Thrush that
bobs it's tail. . That made IDing the
ones I saw very easy plus other . field marks of course, but the
bobbing tail is dead giveaway for the Hermit.
Photos of
everything mentioned except the Cormorants and Brown Thrasher ... are
at this link.
http://www.pbase.com/bhansen/lakepark_sparrow_08
The
first 30 or so in the gallery are from yesterday. . ... I did not
see the Pileated WP that was reported there Monday and am .
looking forward to
a few other Sparrow species in the future and
of course the Warblers.
Brian Hansen
Milwaukee
east-side
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: 4/19
Warbler Walk preview
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:46:46 EDT
From:
Doloresknopfel@aol.com
Add to list:
Wild Turkeys
(reported by Bob Kopling -LP staff)
Turkey Vulture (same one we
saw the next day at UEC?)
=======
April 19
From: "Jym
Mooney & Carol Lee Hopkins" <hopmoon@milwpc.com
Date:
April 19, 2008 3:17:15 PM CDT
Subject: Lake Park Warbler Walk
4/19
Judith Huf and I [Jym Mooney] led a group of two
dozen chilly but . enthusiastic birders on our first "warbler"
walk of the year this morning at Lake Park in . Milwaukee.
The
only warblers in evidence were yellow-rumps, but in great .
numbers. . Also seen in large numbers were ruby-crowned kinglets,
red-winged . blackbirds, double-crested cormorants, buffleheads,
red-breasted mergansers, brown creepers, white-throated sparrows,
brown-headed cowbirds, and dark- eyed juncos. . Of interest as
well were many winter wrens, some brown . thrashers, eastern
towhees, hermit thrushes, a horned grebe, a great blue . heron, a
chimney swift, five woodpeckers (hairy, downy, red-bellied, northern
flicker, and yellow-bellied sapsucker), and some additional sparrow .
species (song, swamp, field, and chipping). . We found 49 species
in all. . A . brisk (but thankfully dry) beginning to the
season.
Jym Mooney,
Milwaukee
=========================
Subject:
Lake Park, Milwaukee- Thursday, April 24th, 2008
From: "Corbo,
Samuel" <samuel.corbo AT marquette.edu
Date: Thu, 24 Apr
2008 19:11:39 -0500
I snuck away between classes this
afternoon to Lake park for a little over an hour. Overall, numbers
were fairly low. Yellow-rumped Warblers still dominate, though a few
Palm Warblers have entered the mix. Highlights:
Blue-headed
Vireo- My first of the year, near the feeders by the warming
house.
Quite a few Chimney Swifts, moving solo over the
park. I did have a large (75+ group) swirling over Marquette
University today, the first group of any noticeable size I've seen
this year.
Red-breasted Nuthatch near the Wolcott
Statue.
Golden-crowned Kinglets seemed to have moved out
for the most part, and Ruby-crowned numbers were down substantially
as well. Winter Wrens were nearly absent, with only one bird seen.
White-throated Sparrows were the most noticeable increase.
Sam
Corbo
Milwaukee, WI
April 26
-------- Original Message
--------
Subject: Lake Park Warbler Walk, Milwaukee, 4/26
Date:
Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:00:00 -0500
From: Jym Mooney & Carol Lee
Hopkins <hopmoon@milwpc.com
Sixteen very hardy souls
braved intense winds and chilly temperatures for our second warbler
walk of the spring in Lake Park. . We decided to keep to the
bottom of the ravines as much as possible to stay out of the wind,
and it appears that the birds agreed with us. . We found 52
species, including blue-gray gnatcatchers, a northern harrier,
yellow-bellied sapsucker, blue-headed vireo, two wrens (Carolina and
winter), hermit thrushes, brown thrashers, eastern towhees, seven
sparrows (chipping, field, song, swamp, white-throated,
white-crowned, and dark-eyed junco), and five warblers
(yellow-rumped, palm, black and white, black-throated green, and
ovenbird).
A hen turkey stalked by within mere feet of the group. .
Red-breasted mergansers and Bonaparte's gulls dominated the lake, and
a flock of 10 willets was found on Bradford Beach.
Jym
Mooney, Milwaukee
-----Original Message-----
From:
Judith Huf [mailto:judith@huf-roth.net]
Sent: Saturday, April 26,
2008 3:43 PM
Make that 54 species Jym. . As I was
returning to my car after we . totaled up the count, I saw an
immature Bald Eagle in flight being harrassed by . a crow.
I
ran back to tell Dolores, but the eagle had flown. . I returned
to . my car a second time and this time one of our resident
Cooper's Hawks flew . over. . It was quite a day!
Judith
Huf
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Lake
Park - Orange-crowned Warbler 4/26
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:53:53
-0500
From: Paul Hunter <phunter1@wi.rr.com
Sam
Corbo went back to Lake Park today to see the Carolina Wren again and
added yet another species to our list today:
Orange-crowned
Warbler.
Sam wrote: "I popped back over to Lake Park
after an errand ... and . quickly found the Carolina Wren. .
An Orange-crowned Warbler was present as well and offered great
looks"
======
From: Brian Hansen
Sent:
Monday, April 28, 2008 10:11 AM
Subject: [wisb] Marsh Wren Lake
Park
Jym Mooney brought up the fact there was some
discussion about the CarolinaWren that was found on the Warbler walk
on Saturday. . When I took some photos of that bird yesterday it
was bothering me because it didn't look like the Carolinas I have
seen in the past in Lake Park. . I was not expecting a Marsh and
there was so much else going on I didn't dive into it. When I went
back to area last night the bird was in a bush near the maintenance
building by the Walcott statue and it was singing like crazy. . I
had never heard a Marsh Wren before - just saw them at Horicon a
couple of times. . I just played a Marsh Wren from birdjam on my
iphone and it was 100% a Marsh Wren. . I changed the name of it
from Carolina to Marsh in my Lake Park April 08 gallery. . It is
the first bird in that gallery if you want to check it out. .
http://www.pbase.com/bhansen/lakepark_sparrow_08
Sorry for
not catching this yesterday. . Too many birds - too little time
right now . :)
Brian Hansen
Milwaukee - east
side
======
From: "Corbo, Samuel"
<samuel.corbo@marquette.edu
Date: April 30, 2008 3:46:03 PM
CDT
Subject: Lake Park, Milwaukee, April 30
... The
area around the Wolcott Statue feeders/seed dump was very .
active, as was the area around the "rustic footbridge" near
the . warming house near the northern end of the park. .
Outside of those . two areas, the area was pretty quiet, outside
of White-throated . Sparrows, which were pretty thick in some
parts.
Wolcott Feeders (and surrounding
area):
White-throated, Song, Swamp (2), Field (1), White-crowned
(1), and . American Tree (1) Sparrows. . Many Chipping
Sparrows on the Golf Course.
Brown Thrasher
Swainson's
Thrush
Nashville Warbler (2- FOY)
Near the "rustic
footbridge":
Tennessee (1- FOY), Black-and-White (1),
Black-throated Green (3), . Yellow-rumped (XX), and Palm (5)
Warblers. . Common Yellowthroat (1) . present as well. .
Many Chipping Sparrows and a Field Sparrow as well.
It was
much noisier at the park today-- All warbler species aside . from
the B&W were heard singing.
Good birding!
Sam Corbo
======
From: "Brian Hansen"
<rawshooter@gmail.com
Date: May 1, 2008 10:54:46 PM
CDT
Subject: Rose-breasted Grosbeak, GC Flycatcher and Warbs -
Lake Park . Milw
Saw and photographed a lot of good
birds today in Lake Park. . Here . are the migrants that I
saw.
1 Male Rose-breasted Grosbeak - singing
1
Black-throated Green
x YR Warblers
8 Palm Warblers
4
Tennessee Warblers
1 Nashville Warbler
3 Common Yellowthroats
1
Ovenbird
3 Winter Wrens
2 House Wrens
2 Great-crested
Flycatchers
x White-Crowned Sparrows
x White-throated
Sparrows
8 Swamp Sparrows
6 Field Sparrows
x Chipping
Sparrows
3 Brown Thrashers - all at the Walcott Feeder - was able
to get 2 in . the same frame for the first time ever.
1
Catbird
2 Hermit Thrush
1 probable Veery
12 Blue-gray
Gnatcatchers
6 Northern Flickers
2 Unidentified Sparrows - not
usual ones. . Photos but still working . on IDs
Here
are some photos. . Got a couple decent ones of a GC Flycatcher .
eating a moth that I was it catch. . I actually saw the moth
coming . and thought you better hope that Flycatchers doesn't see
you. . Just . as I did the Flycatcher launched and grabbed
it. . I missed the kill - . too fast - but was able to catch
dinner :)
The unidentified Sparrows are here. . .
They are the first 4 pics in . the gallery. . I have no clue
on the first two and I think the second . 2 are a Lincoln's
http://www.pbase.com/bhansen/documentary_shots . I . would
appreciate any help on these - thanks
[Swamp and Lincoln's]
The
others that I had time to process are here .
http://www.pbase.com/ bhansen/lake_park_may_2008
Brian
Hansen
Milwaukee - east side
======
. . .
Mike Goodman, South Milwaukee
Subject: eBird Report - Lake
Park - Locust Ravine , 5/2/08
Notes: Pileated seen at trees by
Warming house feeders & then flew . west along tree line!!-
Missed Woodpecker slam by [1] red-head-
Number of species:
39
Mallard 3
Ring-billed Gull 10
Mourning Dove
3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy
Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Pileated
Woodpecker 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Blue Jay 2
American
Crow 12
Black-capped Chickadee 8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
20
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin
10
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 20
Yellow-rumped Warbler
20
Palm Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Ovenbird
1
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Tree Sparrow 1
Chipping
Sparrow 5
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow
1
White-throated Sparrow 10
White-crowned Sparrow 5
Northern
Cardinal 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Red-winged Blackbird
10
Common Grackle 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Purple Finch
2
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 3
======
From:
"Corbo, Samuel" <samuel.corbo@marquette.edu
Date: May
2, 2008 4:06:53 PM CDT
Subject: FW: eBird Report - Lake Park -
Locust Ravine , 5/2/08
I buzzed out to Lake Park this
afternoon as soon as the rain . stopped. . Fog was thick
throughout the park, which made birding . difficult at times, but
all in all, bird activity was very high. . If . you are
thinking about going this afternoon or tomorrow, I'd . reccomend
it it! . Highlights below:
Warblers:
Yellow-rumped
& Palm (many), Black-and-White (1), Tennessee (2), . Yellow
(1- FOY), Nashville (4), Black-throated Green (1), Ovenbird (2- FOY),
Common Yellowthroat (5), Northern Parula
(2-FOY)
Sparrows:
White-crowned (large increase noted),
White-throated, Chipping, . Swamp, Song, Field (increase),
Lincoln's (1), and Clay-colored (3- FOY- between Golf Course and
Wolcott Feeders)
Thrushes- Swainson's & Wood, both on
Lake Park Drive
Flycatchers- 2 Great-crested as well as
several silent empids.
Good birding! . Looks like it
could be a great weekend if we can stay . dry!
Sam
Corbo
________________________________________
Location: . . . .
Lake Park - Locust Ravine
Observation date: . . . .
5/2/08
Notes: . . . . Several silent empids
present as well.
Number of species: . . . .
47
Rock Pigeon . . . . X
Mourning
Dove . . . . X
Chimney Swift . . . .
X
Red-headed Woodpecker . . . . 1
Red-bellied
Woodpecker . . . . 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker . . . .
1
Downy Woodpecker . . . . 5
Hairy
Woodpecker . . . . 2
Northern Flicker . . . .
1
Great Crested Flycatcher . . . . 2
Warbling
Vireo . . . . 1
Blue Jay . . . .
4
American Crow . . . . X
Tree Swallow . . . .
X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow . . . . X
Bank
Swallow . . . . 1
Barn Swallow . . . .
X
Black-capped Chickadee . . . . X
White-breasted
Nuthatch . . . . X
Brown Creeper . . . .
2
House Wren . . . . 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet . . . .
X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher . . . . X
Swainson's
Thrush . . . . 1
Wood Thrush . . . .
1
Brown Thrasher . . . . 3
European
Starling . . . . X
Tennessee Warbler . . . .
2
Nashville Warbler . . . . 4
Northern
Parula . . . . 2
Yellow Warbler . . . .
1
Yellow-rumped Warbler . . . . X
Black-throated
Green Warbler . . . . 1
Palm Warbler . . . .
X
Black-and-white Warbler . . . . 2
Ovenbird . . . .
2
Common Yellowthroat . . . . 5
Eastern
Towhee . . . . 2
Chipping Sparrow . . . .
X
Clay-colored Sparrow . . . . 3
Field
Sparrow . . . . X
Song Sparrow . . . .
1
Lincoln's Sparrow . . . . 1
Swamp Sparrow . . . .
X
White-throated Sparrow . . . . X
White-crowned
Sparrow . . . . X
House Sparrow . . . .
X
====
May 3
Lake Park, Milwaukee, 5/3/08, Warbler Walk
Report
-- By Paul Hunter,
http://home.wi.rr.com/phunter1/lakeparkbirds.html
Two
dozen soggy birders saw a total of 65 species. . Gray skies
backlit warblers in the treetops, making identification difficult. .
Light rain and a
southerly breeze were mitigated by relatively
warm temperatures.
Judith Huf saw 3 Willets on Bradford
Beach and 200 Red-breasted Mergansers and 3 possible Common Terns on
Lake Michigan prior to the official start of the walk at 8:30 AM at
the Warming House.
Robin Squier pointed out the Cooper's
Hawk nest 40 feet up in a tree due west of the Warming
House.
Dennis Casper guided half of the party along North
Ravine and I strode more quickly south to the Light House with the
other half. . We met up with
Joe Devereaux guiding a small
party from Enderis Park toward the end of our Walk.
Dennis'
crew saw 3 Great Blue Herons flying along the Lake, 3 Red-headed
Woodpeckers, a Phoebe, 2 Bluebirds, 13 Cedar Waxwings, 4 Nashville
Warblers, and 3 Baltimore Orioles.
My group saw a
Blue-headed Vireo, a Brown Creeper, a Catbird, Tennessee Warbler,
Northern Parula, and 2 Orchard Orioles, a 1st year male and
a
female.
All together we saw 5 woodpeckers (no
Pileated as Mike Goodman saw 2 days earlier), 3 flycatchers, 8
warblers, and 6 sparrows (including Clay-colored)
On
5/4/08, Dennis Casper will lead our first ever Sunday Warbler Walk,
an idea proposed by Brian Hansen, who photographs birds in Lake
Park.
=====
Lake Park - Locust Ravine -
5/3/08
Start time: 8:00 AM
2 hour(s) 15 minute(s)
Number of
people in party: . 18
Comments:
- Bufflehead,
Mergansers, Cormorants, Herons, Gulls and Tern were all in
Bradford
Beach - North Point hotspot.
- Common Tern is uncertain. Smaller
(not Caspian), darker winged (probably
not Forster's) but far
away.
- Least Flycatcher is uncertain. Small silent
empid.
Species
1 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis
4,
Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
4, Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola
200,
Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator
12, Double-crested
Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
3, Great Blue Heron, Ardea
herodias
2, Cooper's Hawk, Accipiter cooperii
3, Willet, Tringa
semipalmata
26, Ring-billed Gull, Larus delawarensis
3, Herring
Gull, Larus argentatus
3, Common(?) Tern, Sterna hirundo
5,
Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura
30, Chimney Swift, Chaetura
pelagica
3, Red-headed Woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus
1,
Red-bellied Woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus
4, Downy Woodpecker,
Picoides pubescens
1, Hairy Woodpecker, Picoides villosus
1,
Northern Flicker, Colaptes auratus
1, Least(?) Flycatcher,
Empidonax minimus
1, Eastern Phoebe, Sayornis phoebe
3, Eastern
Kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus
1, Yellow-throated Vireo, Vireo
flavifrons
1, Blue-headed Vireo, Vireo solitarius
18, Blue Jay,
Cyanocitta cristata
2, American Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos
2,
Tree Swallow, Tachycineta bicolor
5, Northern Rough-winged
Swallow, Stelgidopteryx serripennis
2, Barn Swallow, Hirundo
rustica
10, Black-capped Chickadee, Poecile atricapillus
2,
White-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta carolinensis
1, Brown Creeper,
Certhia americana
1, House Wren, Troglodytes aedon
5,
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Regulus calendula
14, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher,
Polioptila caerulea
2, Eastern Bluebird, Sialia sialis
12,
American Robin, Turdus migratorius
1, Gray Catbird, Dumetella
carolinensis
1, Brown Thrasher, Toxostoma rufum
6, European
Starling, Sturnus vulgaris
13, Cedar Waxwing, Bombycilla
cedrorum
1, Tennessee Warbler, Vermivora peregrina
4, Nashville
Warbler, Vermivora ruficapilla
2, Northern Parula, Parula
americana
3, Yellow Warbler, Dendroica petechia
40,
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Dendroica coronata
1, Black-throated Green
Warbler, Dendroica virens
20, Palm Warbler, Dendroica palmarum
3,
Common Yellowthroat, Geothlypis trichas
1, Eastern Towhee, Pipilo
erythrophthalmus
10, Chipping Sparrow, Spizella passerina
2,
Clay-colored Sparrow, Spizella pallida
1, Field Sparrow, Spizella
pusilla
1, Song Sparrow, Melospiza melodia
1, Swamp Sparrow,
Melospiza georgiana
30, White-throated Sparrow, Zonotrichia
albicollis
19, White-crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys
12,
Northern Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis
10, Red-winged Blackbird,
Agelaius phoeniceus
1, Common Grackle, Quiscalus quiscula
20,
Brown-headed Cowbird, Molothrus ater
2, Orchard Oriole, Icterus
spurius
3, Baltimore Oriole, Icterus galbula
5, House Finch,
Carpodacus mexicanus
4, American Goldfinch, Carduelis tristis
2,
House Sparrow, Passer domesticus
Total species reported:
65
==============
From: James Reitter
<angus1973@hotmail.com
Date: May 3, 2008 11:34:39 AM
CDT
Subject: Black-throated Blue and Baltimore Oriole at Lake
Park
Went out at sunrise to Lake Park and birding was very
slow early on. . Things finally picked up around 7:30 with B/G
gnatcatchers. Making my . way to the steps, I got great looks at
a brilliant Baltimore oriole. . Later on, the statue was full of
activity. All the subjects mentioned . (catbirds, thrashers,
white-throated sparrows, white-crowned . sparrows). The female
towhee, two least flycatchers, palm warbler, . black and white
warbler, yellow warbler, pine warbler were also . present, as was
a black-throated blue warbler (10-second look). No . pics, as he
was through the branches, but an easily identifiable . bird. Now,
this is a lifer for me, but I didn't see a possibilty of . it
being anything else. I'm also unfamiliar with state records/
arrivals, so bear that in mind. I ruled out Cerulean and Parula
based . on darkness of the blue. I'm sure of the ID for me
personally, but . further confirmation would be helpful. Finally,
got a wonderful show . of red-bellies and redheads "negotiationg"
territories and got great . looks at the Parula by the wood
bridge.
-James Reitter
(Shorewood, WI)
======
From:
"Evan Barrientos" <ebarrientos@wi.rr.com
Date: May 3,
2008 3:24:24 PM CDT
Subject: Lake Park and Milwaukee Coast Guard
Impoundment
Today at 8:45 am Lake Park was fairly quiet.
On the lake were . Cormorants and Red-breasted Mergansers. In the
trees I saw Yellow- rumped, Palm, and Nashville Warblers; Red-headed
Woodpeckers, . Cooper's Hawks, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher,
White-crowned Sparrow, and a . Blue-headed Vireo.
...
Evan
Barrientos
www.pbase.com/barrientos
=======
From:
dcasper@uwm.edu<mailto:dcasper@uwm.edu
Date: May 5, 2008
9:12:51 PM CDT
Subject: 5/4 Warbler Walk
Here is the
list from Sunday's warbler walk. . There was no group
meeting
afterward to go over the list, so I don't have estimates
of numbers and
probably have missed some birds that others saw but
I didn't hear about. . Check
over the list and add any that
you know are missing. . Hopefully others who were
on the walk
will do the same. . The total at this point is
50.
Mallard,
Red-breasted Merganser,
Double-crested
Cormorant,
Cooper's Hawk,
Merlin
(seen/photographed by Brian
Hansen before he met up with our group),
Ring-billed Gull,
Herring
Gull,
Mourning Dove,
Red-headed Woodpecker,
Red-bellied
Woodpecker,
Downy Woodpecker,
Northern Flicker,
Least
Flycatcher (? I think I understood Brian Hansen to say that he had
spotted one),
Blue-headed Vireo,
Blue Jay,
American
Crow,
Black-capped Chickadee,
White-breasted Nuthatch,
House
Wren,
Ruby-crowned Kinglet,
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher,
Eastern
Bluebird,
Swainson's Thrush,
Hermit Thrush,
American
Robin,
Gray Catbird,
Brown Thrasher,
Nashville
Warbler,
Yellow Warbler,
Yellow-rumped Warbler,
Black-throated
Green Warbler,
Palm Warbler,
Black and White Warbler,
Louisiana
Waterthrush,
Common Yellowthroat,
Summer Tanager,
Scarlet
Tanager,
Chipping Sparrow,
Field Sparrow,
Song
Sparrow,
White-throated Sparrow,
White-crowned
Sparrow,
Northern Cardinal,
Indigo Bunting,
Red-winged
Blackbird,
Brown-headed Cowbird,
Orchard Oriole,
Baltimore
Oriole,
House Finch,
American
Goldfinch
Dennis
=====
From: "Brian
Hansen" <rawshooter@gmail.com
Date: May 6, 2008 10:21:36
AM CDT
Subject: Lake Park Milwaukee Sunday - Summer Tanager,
Merlin, Orioles
.
... a Merlin right at sunrise near the
Walcott Statue. . It was my . first Merlin ever in Lake
Park. . The other was the Summer Tanager. . A . bird
which I didn't plan on seeing let alone getting a decent photo .
of this year. . It was a female.... . Other highlights were
Orchard and . Baltimore Orioles, Indigo Bunting, Louisiana
Waterthrush and an .
Eastern Kingbird and various Warblers. . .
...
All the finished photos from that day are here
http://www.pbase.com/bhansen/lake_park_may_2008 . The Merlin
shots turned out better than I . expected provided the
backlighting. . It may be a little dark on some . monitors. .
I also had to toss in Goldfinch in the mix of migrants. . I .
couldn't pass on the pose, light and background. . It actually
turned . out to be one of my favorites of the day. . The
Sunday shots are . basically the first 5 rows in the
gallery.
Brian Hansen
Milwaukee east-side
--------
Original Message --------
Subject: Re: 5/4 Warbler Walk
Date:
Mon, 5 May 2008 22:41:55 -0500
From: Brian Hansen
<rawshooter@gmail.com
1 Great-crested Flycatcher
3
Clay-colored Sparrow - found by Sam Corbo - bad photos by brian
hansen at
about 11:45am near walcott feeder
? number but
positive ID Tennessee Warbler - found by Sam Corbo
Also I
don't know if you want to report it but a Long-eared Owl
was
positively IDed by Mark Korducki at 11:00 am east of the
soccer
field. . Technically he was not part of the
group.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE:
5/4 Warbler Walk
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 23:15:58 -0500
From:
Corbo, Samuel <samuel.corbo@marquette.edu
There was a
small group of Bufflehead on the lake (I believe 2 m, 2 f) as we
worked up the soccer field. . There was also an Eastern Kingbird
which most of the group got a look at on the soccer fields as well. .
I birded for a while afterwards with Brian Hansen and we picked up a
few more species. . I don't know if these birds would count since
they were seen after the walk, but just in case:
Northern
Parula (1)- South of Wolcott feeders.
Clay-colored Sparrow (2)-
Two birds in treetops above the Wolcott seed dump.
Cliff Swallow
(3)- Quick flyover in Bistro Parking lot
Chestnut-sided Warbler
(1)- below concrete bridge by bistro
Purple Finch (1)- female,
from locust ravine south of warming house
Wood Thrush (1)- in
brush just south of the feeders near the warming house
Marsh Wren
(1)- bottom of North Ravine... cooperative bird that allowed for long
looks, singing briefly. . How often do these birds show up at
Lake Park? . Possibly the same bird in a new
location?
Gray-cheeked Thrush (1)- near bridge over North Ravine
with a Hermit Thrush
Great-crested Flycatcher (2)- north parking
lot
======
From: "Brian Hansen"
<rawshooter@gmail.com
Date: May 6, 2008 10:43:29 AM
CDT
Subject: Lake Park Milwaukee - Bluebird News
Recently
a number of people from Lake Park Friends with tremendous help from
Bob (sorry I don't have the last name) from the Parks crew put up 5
new Bluebird houses in Lake Park. . They were put up roughly a
week or so ago and there are already Bluebirds scoping them out!!!! .
There are two more houses on the way. . This is the first effort
that I can remember to get BB houses up and it seems to be paying off
already. . There are regular monitors keeping an eye on them and
we will post any new news .
(hopefully nesting and young
ones) throughout the season.
Future mom and dad checking
out the new condo - what a great
sight!
http://www.pbase.com/bhansen/image/96667469
http://www.pbase.com/bhansen/image/96667472
The
above photos are of the feeder at the edge of the golf course closest
to the Walcott Statue. . Congrats to all that pitched in and a
huge THANK YOU to Bob who did all of the hard work - building a
couple houses himself and putting all of them up. . It is really
nice to have someone from the city willing to help out with these
type of projects and who really cares! . Hopefully someone with
ties to Lake Park can get him these photos.
Brian
Hansen
Milwaukee - east side
============
.
Lake Park & Milwaukee Impound- Mike Goodman,South
Milwaukee
Subject: eBird Report - Lake Park - Locust
Ravine , 5/5/08
Observation date: 5/5/08
Number of species:
35
Mallard 2
Ring-billed Gull 3
Mourning Dove
4
Chimney Swift 7
Red-headed Woodpecker 4
Red-bellied
Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
American Crow 4
Black-capped
Chickadee 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 1
Ruby-crowned
Kinglet 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
American Robin 5
European
Starling X
Tennessee Warbler 1
Nashville Warbler 2
Northern
Parula 1
= Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
= Cape May Warbler
1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 25
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Palm
Warbler 30
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
Song
Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow
8
Northern Cardinal 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Red-winged
Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
American
Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 5
======
May 10
Subject:
Lake Park Warbler Walk report, 5/10
Date: Sat, 10 May 2008
16:51:05 -0500
From: Jym Mooney & Carol Lee Hopkins
<hopmoon@milwpc.com
About 30 enthusiastic birders
gathered today at Lake Park for what turned out to be a very nice
Warbler Walk. . We split up into two groups, so not everyone saw
everything, but there were so many special sightings that everyone
went home happy. . Highlights included Blue-Headed Vireo, many
migrating Blue Jays, 10 very chatty Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers, Indigo
Buntings, Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks, and 18 warbler species
(Golden-Winged, Orange-Crowned, Nashville, North Parula, Yellow,
Chestnut-Sided, Magnolia, Cape May, Black-Throated Blue,
Yellow-Rumped, Black-Throated Green, Blackburnian, Palm,
Black-and-White, American Redstart, Ovenbird, Mourning, and Common
Yellowthroat). . Palm and YR Warbler numbers seem to be drawing
down, and many of the warblers were represented by single birds. .
The
Blackburnians were especially showy and cooperative, dazzling
everyone with their bright orange throats and faces. . Missing
today: thrushes (only two
American Robins seen). . We found a
total of 64 species.
.
Jym
----
Bradford
Beach - North Point
5/10/08 . , 7:30 AM, . . 1 hour . .
.
Number of people in party: . . .1
. .
.
8,Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos . . .
4,
Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola . . .
15, Red-breasted
Merganser, Mergus serrator . . .
3, Horned Grebe,
Podiceps auritus . . .
6, Double-crested Cormorant,
Phalacrocorax auritus . . .
1, Great Blue Heron,
Ardea herodias . . .
30, Ring-billed Gull, Larus
delawarensis . . .
3, Herring Gull, Larus argentatus
. . .
10, Caspian Tern, Hydroprogne caspia . .
.
2, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Stelgidopteryx
serripennis . . .
2, Song Sparrow, Melospiza
melodia
----
Lake Park - Locust Ravine
5/10/08, . .
3.0 mile(s), 8:30 AM, 2 hour(s) . . .
Number of
people in party: 30
. . .
1, Killdeer, Charadrius
vociferus . . .
3, Rock Pigeon, Columba livia . .
.
2, Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura . . .
40,
Chimney Swift, Chaetura pelagica . . .
2, Red-headed
Woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus . . .
1,
Red-bellied Woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus . . .
5,
Downy Woodpecker, Picoides pubescens . . .
1, Hairy
Woodpecker, Picoides villosus . . .
1, Northern
Flicker, Colaptes auratus . . .
1, Blue-headed
Vireo, Vireo solitarius . . .
20, Blue Jay,
Cyanocitta cristata . . .
5, American Crow, Corvus
brachyrhynchos . . .
10, Barn Swallow, Hirundo
rustica . . .
15, Black-capped Chickadee, Poecile
atricapillus . . .
2, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta
canadensis . . .
6, White-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta
carolinensis . . .
5, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Regulus
calendula . . .
10, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher,
Polioptila caerulea . . .
2, American Robin, Turdus
migratorius . . .
1, Gray Catbird, Dumetella
carolinensis . . .
1, Golden-winged Warbler,
Vermivora chrysoptera . . .
1, Orange-crowned
Warbler, Vermivora celata . . .
3, Nashville
Warbler, Vermivora ruficapilla . . .
2, Northern
Parula, Parula americana . . .
1, Yellow Warbler,
Dendroica petechia . . .
1, Chestnut-sided Warbler,
Dendroica pensylvanica . . .
1, Magnolia Warbler,
Dendroica magnolia . . .
1, Cape May Warbler,
Dendroica tigrina . . .
1, Black-throated Blue
Warbler, Dendroica caerulescens . . .
6,
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Dendroica coronata . . .
2,
Black-throated Green Warbler, Dendroica virens . . .
4,
Blackburnian Warbler, Dendroica fusca . . .
10, Palm
Warbler, Dendroica palmarum . . .
4, Black-and-white
Warbler, Mniotilta varia . . .
2, American Redstart,
Setophaga ruticilla . . .
1, Ovenbird, Seiurus
aurocapilla . . .
1, Mourning Warbler, Oporornis
philadelphia . . .
1, Common Yellowthroat,
Geothlypis trichas . . .
3, Eastern Towhee, Pipilo
erythrophthalmus . . .
2, Chipping Sparrow, Spizella
passerina . . .
1, Lincoln's Sparrow, Melospiza
lincolnii . . .
5, White-throated Sparrow,
Zonotrichia albicollis . . .
15, White-crowned
Sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys . . .
4, Northern
Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis . . .
2,
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus . . .
2,
Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea . . .
3, Red-winged
Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus . . .
4, Common
Grackle, Quiscalus quiscula . . .
4, Brown-headed
Cowbird, Molothrus ater . . .
1, Baltimore Oriole,
Icterus galbula . . .
3, House Finch, Carpodacus
mexicanus . . .
5, American Goldfinch, Carduelis
tristis . . .
1, House Sparrow, Passer domesticus . .
.
. . .
Total species reported: 53
============
May 17
. .
.Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 13:24:53 -0500
. . .From:
Ronald Gutschow <rpg876@gmail.com
.Subject: Bird list this
morning
. . . .To: Dennis Casper
<dcasper@uwm.edu
Dennis,
Attached is a file
with the birds I saw this morning. . .Let me know if you
have
questions.
Ron
Double-crested Cormorant .8
Green
Heron .1
Chimney Swift .several
Red-headed
Woodpecker .2
Red-bellied Woodpecker .
Downy
Woodpecker .1
Least Flycatcher .4
House Wren .4
Gray
Catbird .2
Swainson's Thrush .2
American
Robin .several
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher .4, incl. 1 on
nest
Black-capped Chickadee .6
White-breasted
Nuthatch .3
Blue-headed Vireo .1
Orange-crowned
Warbler .1
Nashville Warbler .2
Yellow
Warbler .2
Chestnut-sided Warbler .5
Magnolia
Warbler .9
Cape May Warbler .2
Yellow-rumped
Warbler .3
Black-throated Green Warbler .4
Blackburnian
Warbler .1
Palm Warbler .20
Bay-breasted
Warbler .1
Black-and-white Warbler .4
American
Redstart .6
Ovenbird .2
Northern Waterthrush .1
Common
Yellowthroat .3
Wilson's Warbler .5
Canada
Warbler .1
Chipping Sparrow .3
Song Sparrow .1
Lincoln's
Sparrow .1
Swamp Sparrow .2
White-crowned
Sparrow .4
White-throated Sparrow .5
Northern
Cardinal .4
Indigo Bunting .3
Red-winged
Blackbird .1
Brown-headed Cowbird .2
Baltimore
Oriole .1heard
House
Sparrow .2
============
From: .dcasper@uwm.edu
Date: .May
18, 2008 5:07:49 PM CDT
To: .Paul Hunter
<phunter1@wi.rr.com
Subject: .Re: Warblers not seen
5/17?
Paul, . .Some of my group saw a Yellow
Warbler. . .Also, I confirmed with Jean that
people she
was with at one point, separated from the rest of us, saw a
Scarlet
Tanager. . .And several of the group saw Eastern
Bluebirds (2, I think)--I
couldn't remember whether I mentioned
this when talked on the
bridge. . .Dennis
==========
From: ."Korducki"
<korducki@earthlink.net
Date: .May 18, 2008 2:13:15 PM
CDT
To: .<phunter1@wi.rr.com
Subject: .Lake Park
5/17
Hi Paul. . I saw where you were looking for some
warblers from yesterday. . We had Yellow, Orange-crowned and
Mourning that were not listed by you. . .Daniel Edlestein, a
really good birder from .California, had good looks at a singing
male Pine Warbler before our group arrived. . Good numbers again
today of almost the same species that we saw yesterday. . We had
22 species today-missed the Mourning that we had yesterday.
.
Mark
From: ."Korducki"
<korducki@earthlink.net
Date: .May 18, 2008 3:22:14 PM
CDT
Subject: .Lake Park today
I led another
field trip to .Lake .Park .in .Milwaukee .this
AM. . The warbler numbers and variety were about the same as
yesterday. . 22 species and missed only the Mourning Warbler that
we had yesterday. . The best area was the base of the bluff along
the west edge of the soccer field and later, the bridge just north of
the Lake Park Bistro. . The bridge south of Wolcott statue was
pretty good as well. . Glad that the WSO field trip participants
got to see good numbers of warblers.
.
Mark Korducki, New
Berlin
===========
From: .Kristine Kapp
<kristinekapp@sbcglobal.net
Date: .May 19, 2008 1:19:31 PM
CDT
To: .Paul Hunter <phunter1@wi.rr.com
Subject: .Re:
5/17 Warbler Walk bird list
Good afternoon,
I was a
part of this group in the ravine and I did spot a Black-throated Blue
Warbler.
Kristine Kapp
Milwaukee
May 24